Selected quad for the lemma: king_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
king_n	abbot_n	bishop_n	day_n	779	4	3.2933	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65227	Some observations upon the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the kings of England with an appendix in answer to part of a late book intitled, The King's visitatorial power asserted.	Washington, Robert.	1689 (1689)	Wing W1029; ESTC R10904	101,939	296

jure_fw-la coronae_fw-la as_o directus_fw-la dominus_fw-la scotiae_fw-la the_o second_o authority_n shall_v be_v that_o of_o rot_n parl._n 40_o edw._n 3._o nu_fw-la 7_o 8._o where_o it_o be_v resolve_v in_o full_a parliament_n by_o the_o praelate_n the_o earl_n and_o the_o commons_o that_o neither_o the_o king_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v put_v the_o realm_n nor_o people_n thereof_o into_o such_o subjection_n sans_o assent_n d'eux_fw-fr the_o occasion_n be_v king_n john_n have_v surrender_v his_o crown_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o receive_v it_o back_o again_o to_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o feudatary_n to_o the_o papal_a see._n and_o it_o appear_v to_o they_o by_o many_o evidence_n that_o he_o have_v do_v so_o sans_fw-fr lour_v assent_v and_o contrary_a to_o his_o coronation_n oath_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o dissertatio_fw-la ad_fw-la fletam_fw-la pag._n 552_o 553._o give_v this_o account_n of_o it_o cum_fw-la sub_fw-la edwardo_n tertio_fw-la in_o ordinum_fw-la consessu_fw-la quaestio_fw-la 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potest_fw-la hic_fw-la respondere_fw-la inconsultis_fw-la probis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la plac._n parl._n inter._n johann_n reg._n scotiae_fw-la &_o magdulph_n 21_o edw._n 1._o pag._n 157._o he_o mention_n pag._n 155._o the_o claim_n which_o our_o ancient_a king_n make_v to_o investiture_n and_o the_o interpose_v their_o authority_n even_o in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n and_o it_o be_v very_o true_a that_o till_o the_o beginning_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o his_o reign_n they_o not_o only_o claim_v but_o actual_o do_v invest_v bishop_n and_o archbishop_n per_fw-la traditionem_fw-la annuli_fw-la &_o baculi_fw-la and_o subject_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o found_v church_n have_v the_o same_o right_n of_o collation_n or_o investiture_n whereby_o the_o incumbent_n receive_v full_a possession_n without_o aid_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o churchman_n vid._n selden_n be_v history_n of_o tithe_n cap._n 6._o sect_n 3._o and_o the_o 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afterward_o they_o be_v give_v up_o it_o be_v do_v in_o parliament_n postmodum_fw-la kalend._n augusti_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la londoniae_n congregato_fw-la adstantibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la caeterâque_fw-la multitudine_fw-la maximâ_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o magnatum_fw-la statuit_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la in_o anteà_fw-la nullus_fw-la electus_fw-la per_fw-la dationem_fw-la baculi_fw-la pastoralis_fw-la vel_fw-la annuli_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la vel_fw-la abbathiâ_fw-la investiretur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la vel_fw-la quamcunque_fw-la aliam_fw-la persenam_fw-la saecularem_fw-la collect._n pag._n 1000_o and_o for_o the_o king_n be_v interpose_v his_o authority_n in_o allow_v or_o disallow_v the_o person_n of_o bishop_n before_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n william_n the_o first_o nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la prelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quàm_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la suâ_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulphus_n pag._n 509._o and_o in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n time_n lanfrank_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n consensu_fw-la &_o consilio_fw-la omnium_fw-la baronum_fw-la suorum_fw-la omniumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatum_fw-la totiusque_fw-la populi_fw-la angliae_fw-la brev._n relat._n de_fw-fr will._n com._n normann_n auth._n anonym_n eligentibus_fw-la eum_fw-la senioribus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o principibus_fw-la clero_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_fw-la curiâ_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o assumptione_n sanctae_fw-la mariae_fw-la gervas_n dorob_fw-la col._n pag._n 1653._o in_o the_o reign_n of_o his_o successor_n king_n william_n rufus_n anselm_n be_v choose_v in_o like_a manner_n vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 1._o and_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o be_v time_n radulphus_fw-la who_o succeed_v anselm_n be_v choose_v archbishop_n at_o windsor_n whither_o rex_fw-la instinctu_fw-la dei_fw-la permotus_fw-la episcopos_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la angliae_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la fecit_fw-la venire_fw-la corum_fw-la consilium_fw-la in_o constituendo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la volens_fw-la habere_fw-la vid._n eadmer_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 109_o 110._o many_o example_n occur_v of_o other_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n elect_v either_o in_o parliament_n or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o in_o ecclesiastical_a assembly_n consist_v of_o the_o same_o member_n that_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n be_v compose_v of_o betwixt_o the_o conquest_n and_o king_n john_n time_n vid._n spelm._n council_n tome_n 2._o pag._n 39_o ibid._n pag._n 119._o but_o election_n be_v not_o uniform_a in_o those_o day_n the_o clergy_n struggle_v hard_a to_o gain_v they_o whole_o to_o themselves_o and_o the_o kingdom_n be_v sometime_o disquiet_v about_o the_o matter_n 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correctione_n ordinatorum_fw-la i.e._n sacris_fw-la initiatorum_fw-la de_fw-fr incestu_fw-ge de_fw-fr jejuniis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o of_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n or_o at_o least_o of_o aftertime_n so_o repute_v these_o be_v call_v senatûs_fw-la consulta_fw-la than_o which_o a_o more_o apposite_a word_n can_v scarce_o have_v be_v use_v for_o act_n of_o parliament_n and_o be_v assent_v to_o by_o the_o wyten_n from_o which_o word_n the_o saxon_a term_n for_o parliament_n wytena_n gemot_n be_v derive_v spelm._n conc._n 390_o etc._n etc._n a_o concilium_fw-la celebre_fw-la be_v hold_v under_o king_n athelstane_n in_o quo_fw-la leges_fw-la plurimae_fw-la tum_fw-la civiles_fw-la tum_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la statuebantur_fw-la it_o be_v true_a the_o civil_a law_n be_v omit_v and_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n give_v we_o a_o account_n only_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n make_v at_o this_o assembly_n which_o conclude_v decreta_fw-la actaque_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o 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be_v have_v which_o lie_v scatter_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o monkish_a history_n and_o be_v compare_v with_o one_o another_o will_v sufficient_o disclose_v what_o i_o assert_v for_o sometime_o law_n that_o concern_v temporal_a affair_n as_o well_o as_o ecclesiastical_a be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v make_v by_o such_o or_o such_o a_o king_n in_o one_o author_n which_o very_a law_n another_o historian_n tell_v we_o be_v make_v in_o the_o great_a council_n which_o yet_o they_o have_v no_o uniform_a appropriate_v expression_n term_n or_o denomination_n for_o just_o as_o we_o in_o common_a parlance_n say_v king_n edward_z the_o three_o or_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o make_v such_o or_o such_o a_o law_n which_o yet_o every_o man_n understand_v to_o have_v be_v make_v in_o parliament_n because_o else_o it_o be_v not_o a_o law._n that_o bishopric_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a dignity_n authoritas_fw-la for_o the_o election_n of_o wulstan_n bishop_n of_o worc._n temp._n edw._n confess_v v._o matt._n paris_n p._n 20._o that_o in_o his_o election_n there_o concur_v plebis_fw-la petitio_fw-la voluntas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la gratia_n procerum_fw-la regis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la be_v in_o the_o saxon_a time_n confer_v in_o parliament_n we_o have_v the_o further_a testimony_n of_o ingulphus_n who_o be_v abbot_n of_o crowland_n in_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n reign_n a_o multis_fw-la annis_fw-la retroactis_fw-la nulla_fw-la erat_fw-la electio_fw-la praelatorum_fw-la merè_fw-la libera_n &_o canonica_n sed_fw-la omnes_fw-la dignitates_fw-la tam_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quam_fw-la abbatum_fw-la regis_fw-la curia_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la complacentia_fw-la conferebat_fw-la ingulph_n hist_o fol._n 509._o b._n concern_v appeal_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n i_o shall_v say_v more_o in_o the_o next_o division_n only_o here_o it_o will_v be_v proper_a to_o insert_v that_o the_o constitution_n of_o clarendon_n one_o of_o which_o be_v express_o concern_v appeal_n be_v say_v to_o contain_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la 3._o malmesbur_fw-la de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la pontificum_fw-la anglor_fw-la lib._n 3._o and_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n relate_v a_o remarkable_a story_n of_o wilfrid_n archbishop_n of_o york_n who_o archbishopric_n be_v divide_v by_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o northumbrian_n kingdom_n into_o four_o bishopric_n he_o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o write_v letter_n to_o the_o king_n in_o his_o behalf_n upon_o the_o receipt_n of_o which_o the_o king_n tell_v the_o legate_n se_fw-la quidem_fw-la legatorum_fw-la personis_fw-la honorem_fw-la ut_fw-la parentibus_fw-la defer_v caeterùm_fw-la assensum_fw-la legationi_fw-la omninò_fw-la abnuere_fw-la quod_fw-la esset_fw-la contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la homini_fw-la jam_fw-la bis_fw-la à_fw-la toto_fw-la anglorum_fw-la concilio_n damnato_fw-la propter_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la apostolica_fw-la scripta_fw-la communicare_fw-la this_o show_v that_o though_o a_o prelate_n think_v 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ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitùs_fw-la disperdat_fw-la lambard_n leg_n pag._n 142._o and_o the_o several_a branch_n afterward_o lop_v off_o from_o the_o king_n supremacy_n be_v endeavour_v to_o be_v preserve_v and_o secure_v by_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n the_o three_o chapter_n of_o which_o provide_v against_o the_o exemption_n of_o clerk_n from_o the_o king_n justice_n the_o eight_o against_o appeal_n to_o rome_n the_o twelve_o secure_v the_o king_n right_a and_o interest_n in_o the_o election_n of_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n and_o prior_n etc._n etc._n these_o constitution_n than_o call_v the_o avitae_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la regni_fw-la archbishop_n becket_n promisit_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la de_fw-la plano_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la custodire_fw-la similiter_fw-la episcopi_fw-la promiserunt_fw-la &_o juraverunt_fw-la geru._n dorob_n coll._n pag._n 1366._o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o modern_a oath_n of_o supremacy_n 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that_o the_o king_n desire_v only_o dignitates_fw-la regibus_fw-la ante_fw-la debitas_fw-la sibi_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la hoved._n pag._n 292._o b._n and_o in_o another_o letter_n to_o the_o pope_n on_o the_o king_n behalf_n they_o declare_v the_o same_o ibid._n pag._n 292_o 293._o our_o archbishop_n indeed_o use_v to_o fetch_v their_o pall_v from_o rome_n but_o that_o entitle_v the_o pope_n to_o no_o jurisdiction_n here_o so_o that_o the_o subject_a matter_n of_o the_o law_n of_o clarendon_n then_o enact_v into_o statute-law_n be_v in_o king_n william_n rufus_n his_o time_n the_o law_n and_o usage_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o therefore_o anselm_n and_o becket_n oath_n be_v in_o substance_n the_o same_o and_o those_o law_n and_o usage_n have_v be_v usurp_v upon_o since_o and_o the_o usurpation_n purge_v by_o the_o law_n make_v about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n be_v now_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o those_o ancient_a oath_n aforemention_v 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he_o and_o the_o abbot_n of_o feversham_n and_o st._n augustine_n as_o judge_n appoint_v by_o the_o pope_n to_o hear_v and_o determine_v it_o they_o have_v cite_v the_o archbishop_n to_o appear_v before_o they_o they_o have_v send_v he_o comminatoriam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la eique_fw-la diem_fw-la peremptorium_fw-la praefixerant_fw-la they_o have_v no_o legal_a authority_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n within_o the_o realm_n for_o the_o pope_n can_v give_v they_o none_o and_o therefore_o the_o chief_a justice_n prohibit_v they_o in_o the_o king_n name_n the_o writ_n may_v be_v read_v in_o chron._n gervas_n coll._n pag._n 1503._o from_o whence_o the_o doctor_n quote_v the_o story_n though_o he_o relate_v it_o knavish_o enough_o we_o find_v a_o writ_n say_v he_o to_o the_o abbot_n of_o battle_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o he_o command_v he_o on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o king_n by_o the_o faith_n which_o he_o owe_v he_o and_o by_o the_o oath_n which_o he_o make_v to_o he_o to_o do_v what_o 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which_o can_v not_o be_v decide_v by_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o england_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o come_n in_o of_o a_o legate_n with_o a_o general_n power_n to_o exercise_n jurisdiction_n over_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n and_o to_o hold_v a_o legantine_n court_n be_v a_o quite_o other_o thing_n the_o doctor_n say_v pag._n 151._o that_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1138_o &_o tertio_fw-la regis_fw-la stephan_n albert_n or_o alberic_n cardinal_n of_o hostia_fw-la be_v the_o pope_n legate_n and_o consecrate_a theobald_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o call_v the_o clergy_n to_o a_o colloquium_fw-la by_o apostolical_a authority_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v say_v he_o that_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n now_o obtain_v and_o the_o king_n assent_v to_o the_o power_n the_o legate_n have_v so_o that_o what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n it_o seem_v provide_v what_o be_v decree_v have_v the_o king_n allowance_n all_o be_v well_o and_o there_o need_v no_o more_o 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whereas_o subject_n may_v collate_v in_o those_o day_n church_n of_o their_o own_o foundation_n to_o any_o clerk_n in_o order_n and_o give_v he_o the_o investiture_n even_o without_o so_o much_o as_o a_o presentation_n to_o the_o bishop_n yet_o our_o ancient_a king_n collate_v bishopric_n no_o otherwise_o than_o in_o curia_fw-la suâ_fw-la for_o though_o bishopric_n be_v royal_a foundation_n yet_o they_o be_v found_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n as_o will_v appear_v by_o and_o by_o and_o one_o great_a reason_n why_o our_o king_n at_o least_o in_o those_o day_n can_v not_o erect_a bishopric_n and_o endow_v they_o otherwise_o be_v because_o they_o can_v not_o in_o those_o day_n alien_a their_o crown_n land_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o their_o baron_n non_fw-la poterat_fw-la rex_fw-la distrahere_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la regni_fw-la and_o though_o king_n john_n tell_v pandulphus_fw-la the_o legate_n omnes_fw-la praedecessores_fw-la mei_fw-la contulerunt_fw-la archiepiscopatus_n 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concilium_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la qui_fw-la voco_fw-la becancelde_n praesidente_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la concilio_n withredo_n clementissimo_fw-la rege_fw-la cantuariorum_n nec_fw-la non_fw-la bertualdo_n reverendissimo_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la simulque_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la glomeratis_fw-la paritèr_fw-la tractantes_fw-la anxiè_fw-la examinantes_fw-la de_fw-fr statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n preside_v in_o a_o general_n council_n of_o his_o own_o people_n or_o in_o a_o parliament_n assemble_v for_o matter_n concern_v the_o state_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o use_v the_o doctor_n can_v make_v of_o all_o this_o i_o know_v not_o the_o charter_n of_o king_n william_n the_o conqueror_n whereby_o he_o sever_v the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n from_o the_o temporal_a and_o which_o the_o doctor_n

canon_n etc._n etc._n contrary_a to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n or_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n this_o be_v a_o prohibition_n to_o the_o king_n and_o they_o not_o to_o make_v any_o such_o canon_n constitution_n or_o ordinance_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o law._n sir_n roger_n five_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n suffer_v no_o synodical_a decree_n to_o be_v of_o force_n but_o by_o their_o allowance_n and_o confirmation_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v florentius_n wigornensis_n anno_fw-la 1127._o where_o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la auditis_fw-la concilii_fw-la gestis_fw-la consensum_fw-la praebuit_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la concessit_fw-la &_o confirmavit_fw-la statuta_fw-la concilii_fw-la à_fw-la gulielmo_n cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la legato_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la celebrati_fw-la now_o that_o council_n consist_v not_o of_o the_o clergy_n only_o but_o as_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n do_v in_o those_o day_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o laity_n confluxerunt_fw-la quoque_fw-la illic_fw-la magnae_fw-la multitudines_fw-la clericorum_fw-la &_o laicorum_fw-la tam_fw-la divitum_fw-la quam_fw-la mediocrium_fw-la &_o fact_n we_o est_fw-la conventus_fw-la grandis_fw-la &_o inestimabilis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la and_o this_o we_o have_v hear_v before_o out_o of_o malmesbury_n be_v necessary_a quatenus_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la concilii_fw-la authoritate_fw-la decerneretur_fw-la utriusque_fw-la ordinis_fw-la cura_fw-la &_o sollicitudine_fw-la ratum_fw-la servaretur_fw-la now_o that_o the_o act_n of_o such_o synod_n be_v of_o no_o force_n within_o the_o realm_n without_o the_o king_n assent_n i_o agree_v as_o his_o assent_n be_v necessary_a to_o make_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n a_o bind_a law_n in_o temporal_n so_o his_o assent_n be_v and_o till_o the_o clergy_n have_v turn_v he_o out_o of_o their_o synod_n always_o be_v necessary_a and_o essential_a to_o a_o ecclesiastical_a law._n but_o what_o inference_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o hence_o to_o prove_v any_o personal_a supremacy_n in_o the_o king_n separate_z and_o distinct_a from_o the_o assent_n of_o his_o people_n in_o their_o synod_n and_o council_n i_o do_v not_o apprehend_v but_o one_o observation_n i_o can_v omit_v upon_o this_o council_n compare_v with_o that_o other_o hold_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o &_o ann._n 21._o hen._n 2._o for_o whereas_o in_o the_o former_a the_o laity_n be_v present_a as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n we_o find_v the_o king_n give_v his_o royal_a assent_n to_o their_o canon_n and_o so_o they_o become_v ecclesiastical_a law_n bind_v to_o the_o whole_a nation_n in_o the_o latter_a the_o laity_n be_v not_o present_a by_o any_o account_n that_o i_o can_v find_v of_o it_o and_o therefore_o to_o make_v their_o canon_n general_a law_n the_o king_n assent_n will_v not_o have_v be_v sufficient_a nor_o be_v it_o single_o have_v for_o gervas_n dorob_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o pag._n 1429._o collect_v tell_v we_o in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n ad_fw-la emendationem_fw-la anglicanae_n ecclesiae_fw-la assensu_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o primorum_fw-la regni_fw-la haec_fw-la subscripta_fw-la promulgata_fw-la sunt_fw-la capitula_fw-la and_o that_o the_o clergy_n in_o those_o day_n when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o hold_v synod_n apart_o from_o the_o laity_n do_v not_o imagine_v that_o the_o king_n alone_o can_v give_v their_o canon_n any_o validity_n in_o law_n where_o they_o entrench_v upon_o or_o interser_v with_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n will_v appear_v by_o observe_v that_o when_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n the_o clergy_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o gravamina_fw-la laicorum_fw-la have_v make_v many_o provisional_a article_n for_o the_o enlarge_n their_o own_o jurisdiction_n pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la angliae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la pugnaturi_fw-la matthew_n paris_n say_v thus_o of_o they_o viz._n formati_fw-la sunt_fw-la articuli_fw-la circiter_fw-la quinquaginta_fw-la quos_fw-la praelati_fw-la in_o seripta_fw-la redegerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la apto_fw-la tempore_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la &_o praelatis_fw-la lecti_fw-la effectum_fw-la debitum_fw-la sortirentur_fw-la additamenta_fw-la ad_fw-la math._n paris_n pag._n 199_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o be_v the_o magnate_n &_o praelati_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o king_n and_o not_o the_o king_n without_o they_o that_o can_v give_v life_n to_o they_o sir_n roger_n six_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n permit_v no_o bishop_n to_o excommunicate_v or_o inflict_v any_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n on_o any_o baron_n or_o officer_n nisi_fw-la praecepto_fw-la svo_fw-la concern_v which_o i_o have_v speak_v already_o the_o seven_o be_v that_o they_o cause_v the_o bishop_n to_o appear_v in_o their_o court_n to_o give_v a_o account_n why_o they_o excommunicate_v the_o subject_a this_o make_v nothing_o for_o any_o personal_a authority_n in_o the_o king._n whatever_o he_o do_v in_o his_o court_n he_o do_v by_o his_o judge_n who_o have_v the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n for_o their_o guide_n and_o rule_n and_o aught_o to_o keep_v all_o inferior_a court_n within_o their_o bound_n and_o therefore_o might_n and_o do_v yet_o every_o day_n grant_v prohibition_n when_o the_o bishop_n and_o their_o official_o proceed_v to_o excommunicate_v where_o the_o law_n do_v not_o allow_v that_o censure_n to_o be_v apply_v and_o if_o the_o writ_n of_o prohibition_n be_v not_o obey_v but_o that_o the_o bishop_n or_o other_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n proceed_v notwithstanding_o a_o attachment_n be_v the_o next_o process_n vid._n fitz._n nat._n br._n tit_n prohibition_n for_o excommunication_n whatever_o pretence_n of_o divine_a right_a the_o clergy_n may_v have_v for_o their_o jurisdiction_n be_v always_o regulate_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n but_o never_o by_o the_o king_n arbitrary_a will_n and_o pleasure_n the_o eight_o be_v that_o they_o cause_v such_o as_o be_v imprison_v after_o forty_o day_n stand_v excommunicate_a to_o be_v free_v by_o writ_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o prelate_n or_o satisfaction_n give_v the_o king_n and_o his_o judge_n communicate_v with_o they_o tam_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la quam_fw-la profanis_fw-la and_o command_v none_o to_o shun_v they_o though_o by_o the_o ordinary_a denounce_v excommunicate_v now_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o writ_n de_fw-fr cautione_n admittenda_fw-la by_o which_o the_o bishop_n be_v command_v quod_fw-la accepta_fw-la ab_fw-la a._n b._n the_o person_n excommunicate_a cautione_n ipsum_fw-la à_fw-la prisona_fw-la quâ_fw-la occasione_n predict_v detinetur_fw-la deliberari_fw-la mandent_fw-la alioqui_fw-la quod_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la exequemur_fw-la to_o which_o writ_n if_o the_o bishop_n do_v not_o yield_v obedience_n than_o a_o writ_n go_v to_o the_o sheriff_n to_o deliver_v the_o prisoner_n if_o the_o bishop_n shall_v persist_v in_o his_o refusal_n to_o accept_v caution_n v._o regist_n fol._n 66._o a._n &_o fitz._n nat._n brev._n fol._n 63._o now_o these_o writ_n in_o the_o register_n be_v make_v in_o parliament_n as_o bracton_n tell_v we_o lib._n 5._o fol._n 413._o b._n &_o sunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la brevia_fw-la formata_fw-la de_fw-la certis_fw-la casibus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la concessa_fw-la &_o approbata_fw-la and_o therefore_o say_v he_o and_o the_o lord_n coke_n out_o of_o he_o 2_o instit_fw-la 407.8_o rep._n fol._n 48_o 49._o nullatenus_fw-la mutari_fw-la possunt_fw-la absque_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la eorum_fw-la the_o act_n indeed_o by_o which_o most_o of_o the_o writ_n in_o the_o register_n be_v appoint_v be_v lose_v as_o all_o the_o record_n of_o parliament_n be_v before_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la but_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n yet_o upon_o record_n many_o writ_n be_v 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